ALSIP
– The Alsip Fire Department will lower the U.S. flag to half-staff and a ceremonial bell will sound the traditional last alarm at 9:05 a.m. Wednesday at the fire station, 12600 S. Pulaski Rd. The bell will sound again at 9:28 a.m. and the flag will be raised. Call 708-385-6902.
BLUE ISLAND
– The village will ring bells in honor of the victims of Sept. 11 at 9:05 and 9:28 a.m. Wednesday at Fire Station 1, 2434 Vermont St. A silent procession will make its way to Eisenhower School, 12700 Sacramento Ave., and a service will be held from 10 to 11 a.m. at the school’s football field. Call 708-597-8602.
BERWYN
– The city will dedicate two memorials to Police and Fire Department personnel who died in the line of duty. The dedication starts at 7 p.m. Wednesday at City Hall, 6700 W. 26th St.
BROOKFIELD
– Admission will be free Wednesday at Brookfield Zoo, 8400 31st St.
CALUMET CITY
– A remembrance and appreciation ceremony for police, firefighters and emergency workers will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Thornton Fractional North High School, 705 Pulaski Ave.
CHICAGO
– Visitors may contribute to photographs and written sentiments on display in the Sept. 11 Photo Project on the 1st floor of the Harold Washington Library Center, 400 S. State St. The exhibit continues through Sept. 21.
– Pinwheels and panels may be adorned with thoughts about the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks through Tuesday in the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, 2430 N. Cannon Drive. Admission will be free Wednesday.
– All proceeds from the Terra Museum of American Art’s suggested donation this week will be given to the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, an arts group that had been housed in the World Trade Center. The museum is at 664 N. Michigan Ave.
– The American Friends Service Committee will lead a forum, “On the Need for a Moral Voice Against War,” and a candlelight vigil at 7:30 p.m. Sunday in Grace Place, 637 S. Dearborn St.
– Panelists will discuss race, civil liberties and the war on terrorism in a public forum at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the Egan Urban Center, Room 9102, 243 S. Wabash Ave.
– Newton Minow leads a panel discussion co-sponsored by the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations on “The Message of Freedom” at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Chicago Historical Society, 1601 N. Clark St. For reservations call 312-799-2002.
– Admission will be free all day Wednesday to musical and participatory events starting at 9:30 a.m. in the “Day of Remembrance” at the Chicago Historical Society, 1601 N. Clark St. At 7 p.m. a roundtable discussion on how to memorialize the Sept. 11 tragedy will be led by historian Ed Linenthal. For reservations call 312-799-2002.
– Religious leaders from the Chicago area will join to talk about strife and conflict in society at 7 p.m. Sept. 17 in the Chicago Historical Society, 1601 N. Clark St. For reservations call 312-799-2002.
– A bugler will sound taps at 7:45 a.m. Wednesday in the Daley Center, Dearborn and Washington Streets.
– Admission will be free (excluding special exhibits) all day Wednesday at the Field Museum, 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive, Adler Planetarium, 1300 S. Lake Shore Drive, and John G. Shedd Aquarium, 1200 S. Lake Shore Drive.
– Artwork by Chicago-area youths, including those in Gallery 37’s downtown program, will be on display from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day starting Wednesday in the exhibit “Youth Respond to 9/11” in CenterSpace Gallery, 66 E. Randolph St., 5th Floor. The show lasts through Nov. 30.
– The Chicago Fire Department will dedicate the Fallen Firefighters and Paramedics Memorial Park at 10 a.m. Wednesday south of McCormick Place East, 23rd Street and South Lake Shore Drive.
– Religious and civic leaders and performers lead the City of Chicago’s official memorial ceremony, beginning at 11:45 a.m. Wednesday in Daley Plaza, Dearborn and Washington Streets. Att noon there will be a three-minute silence and then the sound of bells, chants and songs in Chicago houses of worship.
– Neighborhood residents unveil a memorial to fallen firefighters and emergency personnel at noon Monday at West Roscoe Street and North Elaine Place.
– An open discussion on the implications of the Sept. 11 attacks will be held at 4 p.m. Wednesday in Roosevelt University, Auditorium Building, 2nd Floor, 430 S. Michigan Ave.
– Counselors will be on hand for those who want to talk from noon to 3 p.m. Wednesday in Jewish Family and Community Service’s administration office, 1 S. Franklin St., and from 3 to 5 p.m. in Jewish Family and Community Service, 2710 W. Devon Ave. Call 312-357-4620.
CHICAGO HEIGHTS
– A memorial service with singing and a speech by Rev. Charles Faso will be held at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Mound, Chicago Road and 14th Street.
– First Presbyterian Church, 900 Thomas St., will hold a service of remembrance for those who died Sept. 11 at 7 p.m. Wednesday. Call 708-481-3754.
CICERO
– An 11:55 a.m. Wednesday memorial service will be followed by a panel discussion at Morton College, 3801 S. Central Ave.
EVANSTON
– The city will host a memorial service at noon Wednesday in Fountain Square, Orrington Avenue and Davis Street. Call 847-328-2100.
– The exhibit “9/11: Images, Sounds and Words” will be on display from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday in Room A241, Evanston Township High School, 1600 Dodge Ave.
– The program “Healing Words and Pictures” about Sept. 11 will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in Evanston Public Library, 1703 Orrington Ave.
– A slide show of Afghanistan by aid worker Doug Hostetter will be presented at 8 p.m. Sunday in Lake Street Church, 607 Lake St. An Afghan-style meal will precede the show.
EVERGREEN PARK
– The village will hold a remembrance ceremony at 8:45 a.m. Wednesday in the north parking lot of Village Hall, 9418 S. Kedzie Ave.
FLOSSMOOR
– The Flossmoor Fire Department will lead a memorial service at 9 a.m. Wednesday at Village Hall, 2800 Flossmoor Rd.
GLENCOE
– A 10-minute service will be held at 7:46 a.m. Wednesday at the flagpole at Am Shalom, 840 Vernon Ave. Call 847-835-4800.
– The program “Celebration of the American Spirit” will be presented at noon Wednesday in Memorial Park, at Park Avenue and Green Bay Road.
– An interfaith convocation will be held at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in North Shore Congregation Israel, 185 Sheridan Rd.
GLENVIEW
– A Sept. 11 remembrance service will be held at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in Glenview United Methodist Church, 727 Harlem Ave.
HARVEY
– The Fire and Police Departments will lower flags to half-staff, ring bells and read the names of each firefighter who died in the World Trade Center at 10 a.m. Wednesday outside Firehouse 1, at 156th Street and Center Avenue.
– City leaders will join Imam W. Deen Mohammed, leader of the Muslim American Society, for a town hall meeting and prayer service at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday in City Hall, 125 Broadway.
HOMEWOOD
– City officials will lay three wreaths–one each for firefighters, police and civilians who died in the World Trade Center–at 8 a.m. Wednesday in Veterans Memorial Park, Olive Road and Harwood Avenue.
LANSING
– A ceremony will include the dedication of a new firetruck, a video message from President George W. Bush, a high school choir and band and an honor guard at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday on the football field of Thornton Fractional South High School, 18500 S. Burnham Ave. Call 708-895-7200.
MIDLOTHIAN
– A memorial service led by the Veterans of Foreign Wars will be held at Memorial Park, 144th Street and Kedzie Avenue, at noon Wednesday.
– The Village Board will cut short its 7:30 p.m. Wednesday meeting to hold a short memorial service in its chambers at 148th Street and Pulaski Avenue.
NORTHBROOK
– Firefighters will stand in silence at 10 and at 10:29 a.m. Wednesday at all three Northbrook stations.
– Counselors will be on hand for those who want to talk from 1 to 3 p.m. Wednesday in Jewish Family and Community Service, 85 Revere Drive. Call 847-272-2882.
OAK FOREST
– The city will hold a remembrance service at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the gazebo across from City Hall, 15440 S. Central Ave. Community church choirs will sing, and VFW members will pass out special poppies and flags. Call 708-687-4050, ext. 112.
OAK LAWN
– The VFW Post 5220 will hold a memorial service at 9 a.m. Wednesday at the Oak Lawn Veterans Memorial, 95th Street and 52nd Avenue.
OAK PARK
– A firefighters tribute will be held at 8:45 a.m. Wednesday at the main fire station, 100 N. Euclid Ave. Community members may bring candles to a 7:30 p.m. program in Scoville Park, Oak Park Avenue and Lake Street.
SCHILLER PARK
– The Westwood College Student Association will honor six firefighters who worked at ground zero in New York City at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Westwood College of Technology, Room 23A, 4825 N. Scott St.
SKOKIE
– The Skokie Stands United remembrance ceremony will begin at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Village Hall, 5127 Oakton St.
– Counselors will be on hand for those who want to talk from 9 to 11 a.m. Wednesday in Jewish Family and Community Service, 5150 Golf Rd. Call 847-568-5200.
– The documentary “The 11th of September: Moyers in Conversation” will be shown at 2 and 7 p.m. Wednesday in Skokie Public Library, 5215 Oakton St. Call 847-324-3126.
– A candlelight vigil will be held at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday on the Village Green, between Village Hall and the public library, 5215 Oakton St. Attendees are asked to bring candles. Call 847-673-0500.
SOUTH HOLLAND
– The village will hold a prayer service and plant a tree in honor of those killed Sept. 11 at 8:46 a.m. Wednesday at Village Hall, 16226 Wausau Ave.
TECHNY
– A requiem to commemorate Sept. 11 will be held at 8:46 a.m. Wednesday in Techny Divine Word Chapel, 2001 Waukegan Rd. Call 847-604-1067.
WESTCHESTER
– Police, fire and emergency service personnel will be part of a 1:30 p.m. memorial program Wednesday in Divine Infant School, 1640 Newcastle Ave.
WILMETTE
– At 7:45 a.m. Wednesday community members may bring flowers to designated spots at Gillson Park, 850 Michigan Ave. There will also be music and readings.
WINNETKA
– Bagpipers will join police officers, firefighters and the public at an 8:45 a.m. Wednesday memorial service in front of the Police and Fire Departments, 410-428 Green Bay Rd.
CHICAGO AREA
– People seeking free telephone counseling may call the Rush Hospice Partners at 708-234-2808, -2809 or -2810 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday.
